Blog Archive for Culture

This summer, I was wandering in an ancient university and quite absent mindedly landed near the gate of a shrine. The house of Nirad C Chaudhuri in Oxford. It was a tranquil summer evening and the lane was lonely and dark. The plaque records in most laconic manner a journey that started from Mymensingh, East […]

Incident One : Lost and Found On 31st December, while on my Editorial wanderlust in Calcutta, a quick fingered gentleman picked my pocket in an East bound bus taking all money, cards and other accessories. The journey cut short, me and my six year old assistant took a taxi straight home. On 4th morning at […]

[No city is worth a city unless it has her encyclopaedists, illustrators, strange and secret lovers – irregular sons and non-regular daughters. A true city should also have her fair share of dwellers those could be anywhere but consciously made the city their home. Ethereal Minstrels in one way – they are also the pilgrims […]

In October, Pentasect and Wordsmith Team had two ‘meetings’ through webinar. The Webinar was attended by inner ring of contributors, designers, web artists and readers. Almost all the continents were represented in the Meeting. For brevity, condensed and summarized Minutes of the Meeting: There was a suggestion of changing / ammending the interface of Pentasect, […]

A Photo Essay Tour From the Land of গৌরাংগ –The Land of Golden Avatar Kadam or cadamba [Anthocephalus cadamba] One of the favourite flowers of Lord Krishna and witness of his many pasttimes in Brajabhumi. The flowers have got a golden hue and it recalls what the prayer addresses Radharani – তপ্ত কান্চনগৌরাঙ্গীং রাধে-বৃন্দাবনেশ্বরী । […]